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Quote from: txlabman on February 19, 2024, 09:34:02 am

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I can only repeat what rails4ever said: HOLY MACKEREL! (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)

Paula

(PS, hope you've disabled that garage door opener!)

Funny. I had a friend over last night and he asked me the same question. The Answer is yes. The Garage Door Opener is not electrified. In addition, I have C-clamps on the rails, plus the mechanical locks on each side of the Rails.  🤠

I also have two security cameras in my alley. Unfortunately, we can’t have basements in Texas.

...here is my Atlas 618 from several years ago, as I was completing installation of a cheapy, sorta Z-Axis DRO:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_7723_zps3jn4g8ef.jpg

Superb Atlas there, Stoker! Atlas was my first love...

Here is a brand new (now 8 yrs old), just unloaded and assembled little milling machine, pre-DRO. It actually ended up about two feet to the left and rotated CCW 45 degrees:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_3456_zps9bsemxne.jpg

Sweeeet mill! [ Guests cannot view attachments ] Looks quite capable.

Paula

Quote from: Stoker on February 19, 2024, 02:38:32 pm

...here is my Atlas 618 from several years ago, as I was completing installation of a cheapy, sorta Z-Axis DRO:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_7723_zps3jn4g8ef.jpg

Superb Atlas there, Stoker! Atlas was my first love...

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Here is a brand new (now 8 yrs old), just unloaded and assembled little milling machine, pre-DRO. It actually ended up about two feet to the left and rotated CCW 45 degrees:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_3456_zps9bsemxne.jpg

Sweeeet mill! [ Guests cannot view attachments ] Looks quite capable.

Paula

Thanks!!!   :c)

Panoramic* View of My Work Area

*In 6 pictures

My work area is basically a hobby/machine shop. For making formal videos, I simply lay a bath towel over my (disgusting) bench top, and place a 2'x5' piece of tempered hardboard as a neutral backdrop.

First picture shows my main work area, consisting of workbench made from random pieces of 2x4's and plywood top. From left to right: Wilton bench vise, Grizzly tool chest, jars of various solvents (some resembling urine specimens), parts storage drawers, miscellaneous this-and-that on shelf above, oxy-acetylene outfit and petrified Sackrete bags below. On the right is a 2-ton arbor press:

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Second picture, left to right: South Bend drill press, Gerstner tool chest, S & D drills, manetizer/demagnetizer, surface plate, misc. round stock, and world's crappiest bench grinder:

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Third picture, 1947 South Bend 9A bench lathe, Grizzly G0619 bench mill:

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Fourth picture, Baldor grinder pedestal (for Baldor grinder, being upgraded), another shot of Grizzly mill, Grizzly 14" bandsaw:

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Fifth picture, brooms, Tormek sharpening station, Delta wood lathe parts, Skat-Blast abrasive media blast cabinet:

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Sixth picture, Enco cut-off bandsaw, Jet combination 4x6 belt & 12" disk sander, 1948 Whizzer engine (restored), Paragon heat-treat furnace (below), which brings us back to the workbench:

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(No, I don't have a pump well in the middle of my shop! It's being restored to go in the yard.)

Not shown: South Bend shaper, Miller 211 wire welder, Quincy 5hp air compressor

Paula

Love your shop, Paula!
Especially the magnificent South Bend lathe you restored.

Gil

I should point out that though I am now overcrowded in a storage/shop situation that is only semi-workable, and rather seasonal at that, it wasn't always this way.

I once had this shop available to me:

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https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Work/.highres/IMG_0126_zpslbkooswp.jpg

https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Work/.highres/IMG_3214_zpsfaomiasu.jpg

.... and add to this a cut-off bandsaw, power shears with 4' throat, 8' bending brake, arc & gas welding rigs along with a few other odds and ends that could be very useful.

Of course I mostly worked in that shop, "on the clock", so had to come in after hours to make personal use of it, which didn't happen as much as I might have wished. But I did use it some. The problem being, if I was there and something needed fixing (pretty much a constant), or the boss had some new hair-brained (often brilliant too) scheme he wanted built or modified, then I'd get the call whether on the clock or not!

Did build some amazing things there, but the last thing I did on that job, was take delivery of my Grizzly G0704 mill on the loading dock.    ;c)

Dang , that's one of the most complex tig Miller welder ? I've ever seen.  Nice shop .

I'm always a little bit envious when I see other peoples shops and tools, especially when they can also display some of their wonderful collections in the same space.
My shop is a 10' X 20' shed out back, a bit cramped and usually needs a good clean before I can work on anything.
I thought it would be nice to show my small but efficient space so I spent the morning sweeping out the corners.

Three of my small lathes, a Unimat which I refurbished with new spindle bearings and added a quick change tool post to.
The Guilder model maker lathe, also a refurbish which I've posted in another thread, and a Swiss made, Star watchmakers/Jewelers lathe complete with case and accessories.

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A South Bend 9" workbench lathe,

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A Powermatic Millrite, also shown in a thread last year when I moved it into my shop.

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and here's the view looking from the door towards the back of the shop.

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and a shot looking back towards the door.

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The little guy looking back at you is Eldon, he's about a year old.

Cheers,
Bill

I'm finding I have a love/hate relationship to this thread, I love seeing what tools & machinery that other members have....& I hate that I don't have some of these fine tools...lol, Bill, you've packed so many fine tools into that shop that there's no way its 10'X20' , I also spotted a metal roller/brake & are those dies on your hydraulic press for boiler end cap making?
FYI...something I just found out is Jim Byrnes has passed away last year & they are not selling any machines at this time, only parts, so sad, I hope they continue on. I have one of their thickness sanders & it's really a nice tool.